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    8 hours ago

    There’s no impossible because if you can see it, it can be captured and digitized, but there is a level of complication that can make it unreasonable. They could make it unreasonable to crack the drm outright and require you to screenshot/OCR it. Then they can limit the OS to make to difficult to automate capture.

    Bottom line, they’re just kicking payers off their network when it’s easier to pirate it than to buy it through their service.

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        5 hours ago

        That’s my post apoc Youtube plan. Play on a sanctioned browser with videos and use comskip, write them off to my storage.

        We’re going back to my TV->AVI setup from 2003, only maybe we’ll use HVEC this time.

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      Something something, piracy is a service problem. That’s why Spotify et al. still thrive, but more and more the Netflixes of the world are being replaced with yaaar

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      but there is a level of complication that can make it unreasonable.

      Lol, just read the Arch Wiki about Bluray playing. Unreasonable only needs a bit longer.

      Especially engineering people get creative out of interest if they’re denied access. And that’s a beautiful thing.

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        What GOOGLE did WITHOUT PERMISSION to paper books. ;)

        I’ve imaged a few short books with a cellphone and page correction software.

        It takes dedication to make a pleasant final product. But those vacuum book scanners are freaking amazing.